“An ideal back-up body for an M9 owner.”

We’ve added a new review of the Ricoh GXR Mount A12 [QuickPrice Check] to our Reviews Matrix.

Luminous Landscape has posted their review of the Ricoh GXR Mount A12, which is comprised of a Leica M lens mount and a 12.3MP (23.6 x 15.7mm) CMOS sensor with micro lenses specially adjusted for Leica M lenses. You also need to purchase (if you don’t have it already) the GXR body which houses a 3.0-in. high resolution (920,000 dots) LCD and peaking focus capability. “Leica M lenses not included.”

You can read the Ricoh GXR Mount A12 Field Report @ Luminous Landscape.

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Well, it was just a matter of time since when a company that has no core experience whatsoever in cameras buys another one, it is guaranteed to fail. And so, HOYA has announced that it is selling PENTAX Imaging Systems Business (“the business of developing, manufacturing and selling optical instruments such as digital cameras and replacement lenses, digital camera accessories, security camera-related products, and binoculars”) to Ricoh, effective as of October 1, 2011.

Apparently, Ricoh’s aim is to strengthen its camera business and wants to do so around “the small and lightweight interchangeable lens camera technology, lens technology and sales channels held by the Pentax Imaging Systems Division.”

Can Ricoh succeed where Pentax itself and then Hoya could not? We wish them the best, and recommend they look back to the Spotmatic (since it seems every other company is going retro, the digital way). Pentax makes great cameras and deserves to continue as a brand.

Read the press release [pdf].

Some of us have been fortunate enough not to have suffered job loss during these tough economic times. But it’s not the case for millions others, and the pain does not seem to be over yet. Japanese office equipment and digital camera maker Ricoh [Caplio CX, GR, GX and GXR series] said Thursday it plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide over three years, about 10% of its worldwide workforce.

Ricoh’s net profit dropped sharply from more than 100 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in the year to March 2008 to 6.5 billion yen a year later. Net profit for the last business year stood at 19.6 billion yen, down 29.5 percent from the previous year. Sales came to 1.94 trillion yen, missing a target of 2.3 trillion yen.

However, by expanding market share in emerging countries, Ricoh is aiming for group sales of 2.4 trillion yen in fiscal 2013 (ends March 2014) and an operating profit of 210 billion yen, more than three times higher than 60.1 billion yen in the last year. Investors greeted the news positively and sent Ricoh’s stock up by 7.2 percent in Tokyo to 911 yen.

The company plans to revamp or withdraw from operations where it is making losses but did not go into specifics. We don’t know if and/or how much the digital camera division will be affected.

source Yahoo!

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Ricoh CX4

“The CX4 has lost the 80 ISO lower setting, but seems to have benefited, with significantly better image quality at 400 ISO, and usable results at 1600 ISO.”

We’ve added a new Ricoh CX4 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TrustedReviews has posted their review of the Ricoh CX4, a point-and-shoot compact ultra zoom digital camera with 10MP resolution (1/2.3-in. Back-Illuminated CMOS), Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, 10.7x wide-angle optical zoom (28-300mm equiv.), 3.0-in. high resolution (920k-dot) LCD, Pre AF, Night landscape multi-shot, Scene Auto Mode, Electronic Level, Subject Tracking, Creative Shooting Modes, various Bracketing options, AE/AF target shift, and HD Movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps.

You can read the full Ricoh CX4 Review at: TrustedReviews.

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Ricoh CX4

“A good point and shoot camera [even though it] doesn’t offer enough to either justify the upgrade from the previous generation or to keep up with its rivals.”

We’ve added a new Ricoh CX4 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Ricoh CX4, a point-and-shoot compact ultra zoom digital camera with 10MP resolution (1/2.3-in. Back-Illuminated CMOS), Sensor-shift Image Stabilization, 10.7x wide-angle optical zoom (28-300mm equiv.), 3.0-in. high resolution (920k-dot) LCD, Pre AF, Night landscape multi-shot, Scene Auto Mode, Electronic Level, Subject Tracking, Creative Shooting Modes, various Bracketing options, AE/AF target shift, and HD Movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps.

You can read the full Ricoh CX4 Review at: PhotographyBLOG.

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Ricoh GXR

“Disappointing image quality shown by the test unit, as well as the unreliable autofocus system mean that the GXR isn’t much competition.”

TrustedReviews has posted their review of the Ricoh GXR P10, an “interchangeable unit camera system” that swaps both the lens and associated image sensor as an integrated unit. The P10 unit features 10MP (1/2.3-in. back-illuminated CMOS image sensor), 10.7x (28-300mm equiv.) optical zoom, and f/3.5-5.6 lens. The camera has a 3.0-in. high resolution (920,000 dots) LCD.

You can read the full Ricoh GXR P10 Review at: TrustedReviews.

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Ricoh GXR

“Decent image quality in good light.”

DPReview has posted their review of the Ricoh GXR P10, an “interchangeable unit camera system” that swaps both the lens and associated image sensor as an integrated unit. The P10 unit features 10MP (1/2.3-in. back-illuminated CMOS image sensor), 10.7x (28-300mm equiv.) optical zoom, and f/3.5-5.6 lens. The camera has a 3.0-in. high resolution (920,000 dots) LCD.

You can read the full Ricoh GXR P10 Review at: DPReview.

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Ricoh GXR

“We can’t think of too many compacts that offer such an intuitive, customisable and photographer-friendly experience as the P10.”

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Ricoh GXR P10, an “interchangeable unit camera system” that swaps both the lens and associated image sensor as an integrated unit. The P10 unit features 10MP (1/2.3-in. back-illuminated CMOS image sensor), 10.7x (28-300mm equiv.) optical zoom, and f/3.5-5.6 lens. The camera has a 3.0-in. high resolution (920,000 dots) LCD.

You can read the full Ricoh GXR P10 Review at: PhotographyBLOG.

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